Entamoeba dispar: Genetic diversity of iranian isolates based on serine-rich entamoeba dispar protein gene

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2613-2618

  Haghighi, Ali ^a   Rasti, S ^b   Nazemalhosseini Mojarad, E ^c   Kazemi, B ^a,c   Bandehpour, M ^c   Nochi, Z ^c   Hooshyar, H ^b   Rezaian, M ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entamoeba dispar; Genetic diversity; SREDP

Indexed keywords

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SERINE RICH PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; SERINE-RICH PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 68349153140     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2613.2618     Document Type: Article

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